Yakuza 4 for PlayStation 3 Reviews by Gamers

I had never before played any Yakuza game and I am glad to say I am now a fan. The game is a good mix of a beat-em-up and a touch of RPG with an ultra-complex and very deep story, covering the lives of four very different people all with ties to the Japanese underworld. The range of emotions that they experience is like a roller-coaster ride and you just need to hang on, some of the concepts MAY be difficult for some people to grasp, but it does not detract from the story whatsoever.

The fighting is simple and satisfying, enemies for the most part are simple, but there some fight sequences that seem to last forever and you wonder if you have enough stamina to make it through. Oddly enough, to me, the fights got a little easier toward the end, this may be due to the leveling up or maybe it was easier.

The only English spoken in the game is "Sky Finance" other than that, none. I was a little disappointed in that fact and I felt it should have been also done in English. Also the cut-scene to dialog box back and forth switching was a minor annoyance as well as the frequent cut-scenes.

All in all a great game and I would highly recommend this title to any fan of the series as well as newcomers such as myself.

to me its basically the same as the one before (3) but new characters, and a little of new things to do. Plus this time the story is actually traceable, you can tell what is going on.